Recipes from Coastal NZ, Sweet
Stollen with Marzipan baked into its Centre One of my favourite Christmas foods is marzipan, which is something I grew up with in the UK and is intimately connected with my ideas of Christmas along with turkey, fruit cake, Brandy butter and cardamon- and...
Recipes from Coastal NZ, Sweet
When I’m eating on the run, I often look for chia seed pudding on the menu. It’s healthy (seemingly a superfood packed with protein, fibre, antioxidants, calcium and omega-3s) and it’s so easy to snack on – fruity, sweet and a lovely even creamy texture. If you...
From the Garden, Recipes from Coastal NZ, Savoury
Koftas are meatballs, made with onion and the fragrant spices of the Middle East and one of the wide range of foods from that part of the world that have now become more common in our diets – think pita bread, hummus, olives, dates, sumac, mint and yoghurt. So,...
Recipes from Coastal NZ, Savoury
Got some friends or whanau coming over this summer? Why not make pork ribs? Think about that tender meat falling off the bone, crunchy bits from the grill or barbie, tangy and sticky with sauce? There’s not much to do to make this tasty meal – in fact you could cook...
Recipes from Coastal NZ, Savoury, Uncategorised
The new owners of our local butchery are the lovely Matt and Chelsie. Chatting the other day, we agreed it can be tricky to cook a less-familiar cut of meat, so they are providing the meat and I am providing the expertise… starting with beef brisket. It’s a meat...
Books, Lifestyle Projects, Recipes from Coastal NZ
One of the things that I’ve been doing in lockdown is converting my new book, Coastal, into an e-book. Whereas for printing every image needs to be as large as possible, for an e-book every image needs to be as small as possible. I didn’t want to...
